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Rena oil spill: Friday as it happened

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7.39pm: "It's a hard slog, back-breaking work and the volunteers are turning up and getting on with the job and the beaches are looking much cleaner," said National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn.

7.17pm: Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby told TV ONE's Close Up there is now over 3000 registered volunteers. "It seemed to be half an apology and half excuses," he said about the apology of the ship owner.

7.12pm: Key told TV ONE's Close Up if the BOP needs financial support the Government will look into this. He said the apology from the ship owner is a very small fraction of what needs to be answered. "Everyone is trying to solve this issue as fast as we can." Key said the Christchurch earthquake and the Pike River mine situation had a loss of life and good manners and good taste meant that it didn't become a political debate.

6.28pm: The Mana Party is calling for Government intervention and regulation of the coastal shipping industry. "We have already seen how foreign owned and crewed fishing vessels operating in New Zealand ignore basic health, safety and employment laws and now the Rena disaster has brought the problems off the sea and, literally, onto the shores of Aotearoa," Mana spokesperson John Minto says.

Source: TVNZ

Not Your Typical Candied Apple – Apple iPad 2 Wi-Fi Mobile Device Giveaway at ...

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StitchesnDishes.com, an online platform for mobile food operators and their fans has announced a drawing to give away two Apple iPad 2 Wi-Fi handheld devices at the WFA Imagine 2012 Convention and Trade Show on January 8 – 12, 2011.

Stitches ‘n Dishes ( http://www.stitchesndishes.com ), the brain child of Christopher Ford, a fashion, entertainment and food photographer, and event promoter, and his business partner, Andrew Nicora, an aspiring film director with a family lineage in food and beverage services, is the first marketing, advertising and public relations consultancy to offer services specifically catered to the mobile foods industry in California. While at the Alameda County Fair this Summer, Ford and Nicora recognized an absence of a single source that provides a platform where people can discover new mobile food dining options, reviews and high-quality food photography, and they found even fewer resources available to mobile food operators to connect with their fans. Enter Stitch, a seven-month-old American Staff. Terrier mix / Bichon Frise puppy who inspired the creative duo with his name and his quirky penchant for food.

Source: PRunderground